Reply #60 posted 12/07/20 3:41pm
Astasheiks 
|
looby said:
The only thing I remember that used to be embarrassing to me as a Prince fan, was back in the day when we had cassette players, and I used to be listening to Prince, and a song would come up that I didn't want my parents to hear, like Head or Do Me Baby, or something else with Prince moaning sexually, and you couldn't just skip over the song like you could later with a CD player, so I had to keep hitting the fast forward button trying to skip over the bad parts, or skip the song completely. For some reason, I didn't have headphones back then, I just used to blast the music. Headphones probably would have made things a lot easier for me, and less embarrassing.  That's really the only thing that embarrassed me. I got the usual "what in the world do you see in Prince, and why do you like Prince?" questions, and people thinking I was strange because I did, but that didn't embarrass me.
Your first part  
And to the bolded part: The Purple Fam know Prince is and was a Badd MuthaFunka!!! Playing all those Instruments, Monster on the Guitar, Fashion Icon, Hellavu Dancer and Choreographer, Excellent Lyricsist!!!         |
| | - E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
Reply #61 posted 12/07/20 5:15pm
ThatWhiteDude 
|
looby said:
ThatWhiteDude said:
luv2tha99s said:
Watching PR on video with my mom and brothers and then slowly dying as THAT love scene started to happen... 
Watching PR with my mother and sister as he performs darling nikki and starts to grind on the damn speaker don't remember if that love scene comes before or after, but I think I left the room for that one.
I definitely could relate. I remember watching the award show with my family, mother included, when he was performing and did the oh so talked about "ass out pant thing!".....You should have seen my mother's face! She kept shaking her head back and forth, with her mouth opened, like she couldn't believe what he did! ....I remember feeling so embarrassed, because I had made such a big deal that Prince would be performing that night, and then he proceeded to show his naked butt to the world! I don't think I ever lived that one down with them. It only added more fuel to the "what do you see in Prince, and this is guy you're so crazy about?" fire.  Well that ass was fake, so you could probably save some face now but there's really some things you don't watch with your parents when it comes to prince. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #62 posted 12/08/20 12:50pm
Se7en 
|
ThatWhiteDude said:
looby said:
I definitely could relate. I remember watching the award show with my family, mother included, when he was performing and did the oh so talked about "ass out pant thing!".....You should have seen my mother's face! She kept shaking her head back and forth, with her mouth opened, like she couldn't believe what he did! ....I remember feeling so embarrassed, because I had made such a big deal that Prince would be performing that night, and then he proceeded to show his naked butt to the world! I don't think I ever lived that one down with them. It only added more fuel to the "what do you see in Prince, and this is guy you're so crazy about?" fire.
Well that ass was fake, so you could probably save some face now but there's really some things you don't watch with your parents when it comes to prince.
My mom took me to see Purple Rain back in '84. I was only 12 that summer that it came out.
We went to one of our local shopping mall theaters, and once we got there I saw a few friends from school and asked my mom if I could sit with them (jerk move, looking back!). My mom stayed closer to the back and my friends and I were more in the middle of the theater.
Then the Lake Minnetonka scene and later the basement scene . . . it was very weird watching knowing that my mom was also watching from many rows behind. She never said anything, and in the 36 years since has loved that I'm a Prince fan and loves his music.
|
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #63 posted 12/08/20 2:17pm
looby |
ThatWhiteDude said:
looby said:
I definitely could relate. I remember watching the award show with my family, mother included, when he was performing and did the oh so talked about "ass out pant thing!".....You should have seen my mother's face! She kept shaking her head back and forth, with her mouth opened, like she couldn't believe what he did! ....I remember feeling so embarrassed, because I had made such a big deal that Prince would be performing that night, and then he proceeded to show his naked butt to the world! I don't think I ever lived that one down with them. It only added more fuel to the "what do you see in Prince, and this is guy you're so crazy about?" fire.
Well that ass was fake, so you could probably save some face now but there's really some things you don't watch with your parents when it comes to prince.
You know, someone did a good job, because it didn't look fake to us back then when we were watching, but you're right, there are really some things that you don't watch with your family, especially when it comes to Prince! With him, you never knew what he would do at any given time....learned that lesson well! |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #64 posted 12/08/20 2:36pm
ChocolateBox31
21 
|
[Edited 12/20/20 16:44pm] "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #65 posted 12/08/20 3:31pm
OnlyNDaUsa 
|
looby said:
ThatWhiteDude said:
looby said: Well that ass was fake, so you could probably save some face now but there's really some things you don't watch with your parents when it comes to prince.
You know, someone did a good job, because it didn't look fake to us back then when we were watching, but you're right, there are really some things that you don't watch with your family, especially when it comes to Prince! With him, you never knew what he would do at any given time....learned that lesson well!
at the time most people thought it was his butt... it was not until pretty recent when the person thay made the coustume said it was a flesh tone pannel. As far as I can recall no one really questioned it until that designer spilled the beans. I would say most that claim to have known back then or claim to be able to tell are in the same catgory as thoes that claim to have been a Prince fan since Soft and Wet came out... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #66 posted 12/08/20 3:32pm
OnlyNDaUsa
|
ChocolateBox3121 said:
The time I was escorted out of a VERY popular TV event of Prince's(r.i.p.) by security.
more more more! "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #67 posted 12/08/20 6:34pm
looby |
OnlyNDaUsa said:
ChocolateBox3121 said:
The time I was escorted out of a VERY popular TV event of Prince's(r.i.p.) by security.
more more more!
Yes, like what VERY popular TV event, and what actually happened? Like OnlyNDaUsa said...more more more! [Edited 12/8/20 18:36pm] |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #68 posted 12/09/20 2:56pm
ChocolateBox31
21
|
OnlyNDaUsa said:
ChocolateBox3121 said:
The time I was escorted out of a VERY popular TV event of Prince's(r.i.p.) by security.
more more more!
[Edited 12/18/20 20:50pm] "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #69 posted 12/10/20 9:12am
nayroo2002 
|
ChocolateBox3121 said:
Besides being threatened to be knocked across the sidewalk at another one of Prince(r.i.p. events by a burly muscle bound thug.
...sounds about right
"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #70 posted 12/10/20 9:32am
carlitoz 
|
Back in the 80s i was living in Lima, Peru. A prude Mormon cousin of mine was living in Miami. I had her go to the store and buy the Lovesexy album with the naked Prince on the cover of course. I'm sure she felt very confortable about it. She shipped the CD all the way to Lima. That's when i noticed that the CD was a one-track CD and thought it was a glitch. I sent her back the CD and told her to go back to the store and ask for another copy since mine was "defective". So there she went my Mormon cousin with naked Prince back to the store to argue with the store people and get a new copy or a refund. They explained the situation to her and that's how i found out the CD was supposed to be like that. 
Hey, there wasn't internet back then for me to find out about these things!  |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #71 posted 12/10/20 10:21am
nayroo2002
|
carlitoz said:
Back in the 80s i was living in Lima, Peru. A prude Mormon cousin of mine was living in Miami. I had her go to the store and buy the Lovesexy album with the naked Prince on the cover of course. I'm sure she felt very confortable about it. She shipped the CD all the way to Lima. That's when i noticed that the CD was a one-track CD and thought it was a glitch. I sent her back the CD and told her to go back to the store and ask for another copy since mine was "defective". So there she went my Mormon cousin with naked Prince back to the store to argue with the store people and get a new copy or a refund. They explained the situation to her and that's how i found out the CD was supposed to be like that.
Hey, there wasn't internet back then for me to find out about these things!
And just think about how many naked Prince CDs were being shuffled around cuz of that "one-track" crap.
"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #72 posted 12/10/20 11:17am
herb4 |
darlingnikkkki said:
Taking my buddies to see Grafitti Bridge at the movies
I can relate to this. My room mate who wasn't a Prince fan at all and was into shit like Slayer and Metallica went to this movie with me. Yeeeeeesh.
|
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #73 posted 12/14/20 5:35am
vinaysfunk |
This 1 is an easy 1 for me. It was the early 90's. I was sitting with my friend in a diner grabbing a bite to eat. They had the mini juke boxes in each stall. The friend I was with is very casual Prince fan and I was introducing them to Prince's vast music library. I was flipping through the choices in the mini juke box in our stall and came across the song God. Put in a quarter and pressed play.
What happened next was embarassing to say the least.
God started playing in this pretty full diner and it was relatively quiet. Until Prince started screaming. It was then that I realized there was no volume dial etc... So I just quietly hunkered down and ate my cheeseburger and my friend put on his hoodie. All the while Prince was screaming with everyone just staring at us.
The song ended. I paid my bill. Left a big tip and made my way to the exit.
Embarrassing. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #74 posted 12/14/20 10:26pm
Phase3 |
vinaysfunk said: This 1 is an easy 1 for me. It was the early 90's. I was sitting with my friend in a diner grabbing a bite to eat. They had the mini juke boxes in each stall. The friend I was with is very casual Prince fan and I was introducing them to Prince's vast music library. I was flipping through the choices in the mini juke box in our stall and came across the song God. Put in a quarter and pressed play.
What happened next was embarassing to say the least.
God started playing in this pretty full diner and it was relatively quiet. Until Prince started screaming. It was then that I realized there was no volume dial etc... So I just quietly hunkered down and ate my cheeseburger and my friend put on his hoodie. All the while Prince was screaming with everyone just staring at us.
The song ended. I paid my bill. Left a big tip and made my way to the exit.
Embarrassing. Why on earth did you play that? I guess you didn't expect it was gonna be so loud but still I can imagine all that happening. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #75 posted 12/14/20 10:48pm
purplepolitici
an 
|
^ I forgot that time I played Sexy MF in a restaurant jukebox. It was empty when I went to play it, then of course about midway thru, a whole family (kids etc) comes in. I'm like oh shit remembering the "sexy mfs shakin that ass" part coming up  . The father (?) was cool about it thank god . Y do/did places have songs like that (unedited no less) for the general public (ie me dumb dumb) to play around with . For all time I am with you, you are with me. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #76 posted 12/18/20 8:52pm
ChocolateBox31
21
|
nayroo2002 said:
ChocolateBox3121 said:
...sounds about right
What would U even know?! "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #77 posted 12/21/20 11:32pm
paisleypark4 
|
A lot of his 90s material sound at the time like an old man trying to catch up with us adolescents and teens. Even as a tween I knew he was downgrading...as I was buying his older material and seeing his prime was much better. I would say playing Rave in school was cringy. Many kids my age (13-17) did not like the stuff He was putting out. Although there were some good moments like the Emancipation era...but wasnt until the 2000s where I started being proud of his output again.
Also now that i think of it...it was all his hip hop stuff he was trying at. Being from the hood...he just could not compete with Bone, Biggie, NWA amd all that and not sure why he was trying so hard because it came off as fake to a true hip hop fan. He already had the love from the black audience without trying to do something he was not really a part of sonically.
[Edited 12/21/20 23:36pm]
Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #78 posted 12/22/20 7:37am
OldFriends4Sal
e |
watching the Graffiti Bridge movie with friends and family |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Reply #79 posted 12/23/20 7:09pm
TrivialPursuit 
|
OldFriends4Sale said:
watching the Graffiti Bridge movie with friends and family
Ditto. I took 3 or 4 people to see it.
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
| | - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
copyright © 1998-2024 prince.org. all rights reserved.
New topic
Printable